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• Climate crisis is killing many undocumented migrants traveling between Nogales, Mexico and Arizona

  29-12-2021 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The area between Nogales, Mexico and Three Point, AZ has the greatest predicted evaporated water loss that is causing migrants to become dehydrated and die.
  
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• Partner in Blue Origin's proposed Orbital Reef space station hit with lawsuit

  29-12-2021 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Redwire Space, a partner in Blue Origin's proposed Orbital Reef space station, has been hit with a lawsuit alleging federal securities fraud that led to its stock dropping by 16% in November.
  
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• Chemistry: Nanoparticle 'chocolates' could be the solution to storing hydrogen for fuel

  29-12-2021 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Palladium nanoparticles can be used to store hydrogen at ambient conditions, DESY-led experts have demonstrated, making it more practical for use as a fuel.
  
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• Apple puts Indian iPhone factory 'on probation'

  29-12-2021 19:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of staff at Foxconn in Sriperumbudur were reportedly hit by food poisoning.
  
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• Rare albino jaguarundi cub found in Colombia is transferred to a conservation park

  29-12-2021 19:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The albino female cub is the first to be discovered n Colombia. Officials transferred the tiny cub to a conservation park where it will live out its life because it is unlikely to survive in the wild.
  
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• TikTok moderator sues over 'psychological trauma'

  29-12-2021 19:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Candie Frazier says her mental health suffered after watching "extreme and graphic" video content.
  
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• Climate change: Hurricanes to expand into more populated regions

  29-12-2021 18:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A warmer world will see tropical cyclones occur in regions near New York, Boston, Beijing and Tokyo.
  
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• Alaska 'Icemageddon' warning follows heat record

  29-12-2021 18:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The coldest US state faces weather extremes after heavy snowfall and torrential rain.
  
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• Space X founder Elon Musk reiterates aim to land people on Mars within FIVE to 10 years

  29-12-2021 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The world's richest manhas a mission to make humanity a multi-planetary species, through a colony on Mars. Elon Musk hopes to have the first humans on Mars within a decade as a 'worst case scenario'
  
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• Cannabis plants absorb carcinogenic heavy metals, study says

  29-12-2021 17:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some cannabis strains have been bred for 'phytoremediation' - to remove pollutants from soils, according to experts at University Park, Pennsylvania.
  
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• Fossils: Dinosaur footprints on Welsh beach left by long-necked sauropodomorphs

  29-12-2021 17:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tracks - found on a beach near Penarth by walker Kerry Rees in 2020 - were examined by a team of experts from Liverpool John Moores University.
  
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• NASA astronaut Michael 'Rich' Clifford dies at 69 due to complications from Parkinson's

  29-12-2021 16:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA astronaut Michael 'Rich' Clifford died late on Tuesday at the age of 69. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1994, but kept the disease a secret to finish out his career as an astronaut.
  
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• mRNA Technology To Be Applied To Other Diseases

  29-12-2021 16:41 via technocracy.news
  
  Now that the human genome has been opened up for inserting synthetic mRNA modeled by computer programs, Transhuman scientists are expanding their reach to target other diseases in other parts of the human body. Direct DNA editing is already in the works as well. ⁃ TN EditorCOVID-19 proved that mRNA vaccines can work. Now, researchers are applying the technology to other diseases.
  More than half of Americans are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Many of them received an mRNA vaccine that w
  
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• Endless Boosters Threaten To Destroy Normal Immune Function

  29-12-2021 16:16 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrat medical engineers believe they can intentionally “program” various body functions through gene editing. This Frankenstein-like thinking is beyond being simply dangerous to a few; it could eventually pose an existential threat to the entire human population. ⁃ TN Editor> The COVID shots reprogram your immune system to respond in a dysfunctional manner. Aside from increasing vulnerability to infections, this can also result in autoimmune diseases and cancer
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• Technocrat Success: Lockdowns Positively Correlated With Higher Death Rate, Economic Destruction

  29-12-2021 15:18 via technocracy.news
  
  From the people’s standpoint, lockdowns were the greatest policy failure in the history of our nation. From the Technocrat’s point of view, lockdowns were a brilliant policy to destroy the Free Market Economic model of civilization while accelerating the depopulation agenda. ⁃ TN EditorLockdowns were one of the “greatest peacetime policy disasters of all time,” concludes Professor Douglas Allen in a paper just published by the International Journal of the Econo
  
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• Anxiety can be effectively treated with exercise, study finds

  29-12-2021 14:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Both moderate and strenuous exercise alleviates anxiety symptoms even when the disorder is chronic, according to experts at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
  
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• James Webb Space Telescope begins unfolding its massive sunshield

  29-12-2021 14:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Our telescope is blooming like a flower in space,' the US space agency tweeted,' adding that 'this marks the start of a major phase to #UnfoldTheUniverse: our sunshield deployment.'
  
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• Tiny 3-inch-long Tequila fish is successfully reinstated in the wild in Mexico after 18 year absence

  29-12-2021 14:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thanks to conservationists from Chester Zoo and the Michoacan University, 1,500 of the 3-inch-long fish have been restored to the springs of the Teuchitlán River.
  
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• CES 2022: More firms cancel in-person appearances

  29-12-2021 14:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The major consumer technology trade show continues to suffer fallout from the spread of Omicron.
  
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• What Happens When an AI Knows How You Feel?

  29-12-2021 13:00
  
  Technology used to only deliver our messages. Now it wants to write them for us by understanding our emotions.
  
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• This Was the Year When Finance Jumped the Doge

  29-12-2021 13:00
  
  From GameStop to bored apes, weirdness abounded among meme-loving amateur investors.
  
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• The Future of Cities? Fewer Cars, Better Homes

  29-12-2021 13:00
  
  Picking up the pieces after Covid-19, cities are reinventing themselves to be more inclusive, sustainable and liveable.
  
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• Richard III may have been INNOCENT of 'Princes in the Tower' murders, study claims

  29-12-2021 13:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Exploring clues left in a Devon church, researchers believe that Edward V was sent away, rather than killed, and lived out his life in the village of Coldridge.
  
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• African Voices Must Lead the Global Climate Conversation

  29-12-2021 13:00
  
  The world is finally waking up to the impact the climate crisis is having on the continent.
  
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• Goalkeepers not to blame for England's football penalty curse

  29-12-2021 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Goalkeepers for the England men's football team are not responsible for a perceived "penalty curse".
  
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• Baked Alaska: State records all-time December high of 67F on Sunday

  29-12-2021 08:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Previous records, recorded in the 1980s, were in the low to high 40s, but temperatures typical sit in the 30s this time of year. Alaska is warming faster than any other US state due to climate change.
  
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• Appeal to identify scientific curiosities of the past

  29-12-2021 02:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The long-forgotten objects were among hundreds uncovered in a clear-out of historic laboratories.
  
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• Biodiversity: The tale of the 'un-extinct' fish

  29-12-2021 02:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Mexican fish species has been "brought back from extinction" after a decades-long rescue mission.
  
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• Vinyl sales soared again in 2021, thanks to Abba

  29-12-2021 01:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The pop icons' surprise return helped UK vinyl sales top five million for the first time since 1990.
  
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• Why Mauritius is losing its seashells

  29-12-2021 01:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The beaches of the Indian Ocean island seem bereft of the beautiful shells popular with tourists.
  
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• Climate change: Storm clouds gather after COP26

  29-12-2021 01:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Is the progress made in Glasgow in jeopardy from a rising tide of challenges in the year ahead?
  
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